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Tonight’s Salon: Director/Editor Tom Elkins

Monday, September 12th, 2011Hollywood SalonSpecial Guest: Â Director/Editor Tom Elkins“What I really want to do is direct.” But how do you get there? One route is through editing…just like our September Salon guest…

Tonight, come meet the Omaha director and editorÂ Tom Elkins. He directedÂ The Haunting in Georgia, the upcoming feature from Lionsgate.

Tom began his career making comedic training videos and TV ads for Godfather’s Pizza. He broke into feature films first as a production assistant onÂ Gattaca, then as a production coordinator with credits that include Mel Gibson’sÂ Payback, and the Coen Brothers’Â The Big Lebowski.

Tom moved into feature editing as an assistant for Oscar- winning editors such as Mike Hill and Dan Hanley onÂ The Da Vinci CodeÂ andÂ The Missing, and for David Brenner onÂ Wanted. He joined Wes Craven’s team onÂ CursedÂ andÂ Red Eye White Noise IIÂ for Gold Circle Films, giving him his first opportunity as feature film editor. Among other credits, he edited 2009’s hit thrillerÂ The Haunting in Connecticut, as well asThe ApparitionÂ coming soon from Warner Brothers.

Wouldn’t you love to learn the secrets of one budding director’s climb up the Hollywood ladder? See you at the Salon TONIGHT: Â Monday, September 12th.

Salons are a great way to network, catch up with old friends and new ones, and have a taste of home in Hollywood.